Aims, mission and values

Aims and Mission

We hear a great deal about the global community, and we all hope that people living near the rainforests that benefit all of us will take good care of them.

The community around Bwindi is one of the poorest in the world, and it has been devastated by HIV/AIDs leaving many orphans. We feel that we have a responsibility to support the community and to help them support the orphaned and vulnerable children in the community.

We aim to support the communities around Bwindi, helping them to overcome poverty and to build a better future. We aim to do this by supporting projects that promote education, healthcare, sustainable development and income generation.

Friends of Bwindi do not have any religious or political affiliations.

Charitable Objects

The following is from our governing document (Trust Deed). The Trustees must apply the income of the Charity in furthering the following objects:

The relief of financial hardship, either generally or individually, among people living or working in Uganda (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest) by providing such persons with goods or services which they could not otherwise afford lack of means and by making grants of money for providing or paying for items services or facilities.
The relief of sickness and the preservation of health among people residing permanently or temporarily in Uganda (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest) by providing or assisting in the provision of equipment, facilities and services.
To advance the education of the public in Uganda and of the pupils at schools in Uganda (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest) by providing and assisting in the provision of educational facilities, resources and staffing.
To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged communities of Uganda (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest) in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.
To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by:
(i.) The relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities of Uganda (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest)
(ii.) The promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration.
(iii.) The preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources.

Sustainable development means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”